I'll start with me and my own: my greatgranda did a fair few numbers in India, Affers and South Africa. My granda volunteered for Were Wore Won with his brothers and went on to fight the Irish Civil War and the War of Independence (I proudly wear his Black and Tan medal to this day)

My Da with his brothers opted into the Seckan Were Wore from the get-go and served from 1939 until 1949. I served a few years myself and our oldest currant-bun (a Scaley, to my everlasting shame) chopped in four Telics and two Herricks.

I'm often reminded of the fact that I'm a Mick and as such have no, or only a hardly credible attachment to, the "Briddsh Armee". I'd like to be to differ. We, our family, cover five direct generations who've served in the British Army, and I'm sure there are other families who can easily top that. So why do we Micks come in for more or less as a by-note on ARRSE and the history of the British Army, while Taffs and Jocks can let loose with their glorious pastesses (or whatever the plural of "past" is)?

So why do we Micks come in for more or less as a by-note on ARRSE and the history of the British Army, while Taffs and Jocks can let loose with their glorious pastesses (or whatever the plural of "past" is)?

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Because you're newcomers to the union? And because you've only ever tried to invade the mainland by stealth?

Father RAPC, then AGC. Grandfather KOSB in Korea, Great-Grandfather (MM) RE in the Great War, his brothers were Royal Sussex regt. Had a great-uncle in the Navy and a distant relative in the Panzer Grenadiers, WWII vintage.

After reading the works of Col. Richard Holmes I'll have to say that Paddy is probably one of the great unsung hero of the British Army. The Duke himself was a landed Irishman (though if you said that to his face he probably have taken his riding crop to yours). It is reckoned that they comprised around a third of his army... wait a minute, what the feck has this got to do with the thread question?

After reading the works of Col. Richard Holmes I'll have to say that Paddy is probably the great unsung hero of the British Army. The Duke himself was a landed Irishman (though if you said that to his face he probably have taken his riding crop to yours). It is reckoned that they comprised around a third of his army... wait a minute, what the feck has this got to do with the thread question?

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